hexfeathers:

Hey, so, when someone practicing in a closed religion tells you to stop appropriating their deities, traditions, holy texts and such, and you respond with:

“But x deity reached out to me why would they reach out to me if they are closed to people outside of x culture?”

That is a bullshit excuse lol

First of all, the voices of physical, tangible human beings that are a part of a marginalized group are who you should be listening to.

Second of all, I am sorry, but no amount of “x deity reached out to me so I am gonna listen to them before I listen to you lol” is going to erase the fact that you are choosing to be disrespectful and violate living cultures and living people, rather than using discernment to see whether or not that closed deity is even actually communicating with you. 

Some of you folks claiming to be communicating with Lilith, despite not being Jewish, are so desperate to work with a Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss™ that you are not taking into consideration the countless, COUNTLESS deities and spirits who actually DO fill that role, and are not part of a closed practice.

At the end of the day, there is no true tangible proof that you are communicating with a god. We are all believing in what we do out of faith. But practitioners, minorities, and people who are part of closed cultures are 100%, undoubtably, sitting there and watching you show your ass in the name of disrespect and ignorance.

It costs 0 dollars to listen to active practitioners.

Stop stealing from Judaism.

Stop stealing from Vodou.

Stop stealing from Brujeria. 

Stop stealing from things that do not belong to you.

Hey as someone who works with Greek gods,butis alsoPOC,Native Americanand raised practicingBrujeriabecause it’s a part of my culture:

When I say “I believe x god wants to work with you because you’re drawn to them.”

I’m ONLY talking about the Greek gods becausethey are not a part of any closed practices! This is why I don’t talk about the other gods a part of my closed Native American practice who I do work with but are not for others to take and run with.

THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO CLOSED PRACTICES!